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15. FLEXILE. FLEXIBLE. 



Creeping, peticUilous, longisli, flcxuose ; branchlets scattered, sh&rt, rountlj., 

 rt'turvcd ; kutlcts litapc d, ovale, spreading. 



16. COMPOSITi;VI. COMPOUND*:, 



Brancliy, pinnated-scattered; branchlets heaped; peduncles short ; capsules 

 erect ; calypUes hairy. 



17. POJ.YTRlCnOIDES. POLYTPaCIIUM-LIKE. 



Round, erect, simple; leaves spreading; peduncles short ; capsule erect ; ca- 

 jypire liairj-. . 



13. CAPPILLAEE. CAPPILLARY. 



Creeping, filiform, ramose; branches heaped, capillary; leaflets appressedj 

 subulate ; capsules ovate, erect. 



19. DEPRESSUM. DEPRESSED. 



Heaped, creeping, ramose ; branchlets depressed ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, 

 spreacUng, when dry. curled ; capsules nodding. 



2a. TRIHOPHYLLUM. 



Creeping; branches distant, erect; leaves capillary, patent ; capsules erect. 



Mtiscus. feloane, v. 1, t. 25, f. 1. 



21. MICROPHYLLIMI. SMALL-LEAVED. 



Heaped, creeping, ramose; branchlets filiform, round, erect; leaflets incum- - 

 bent, subulate ; capsules oblicjue. 



22, C/ESPITOSITM. TURFV. 



Heaped, simple, nearly erect, round-compressed; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; 

 peduncles short; cajjsule erect, 



23. PUNGENS. SHARP. 



Heaped, erect, round, ramose; apex attentiated, acute; leaflets lanceolate^ 

 subulate, spreading, somcvvhat rigid ; peduncles capillary, short. 



24. CONGESTUM. HEAPED. 



Heaped, ramose, declined ; branches nearly erect ; npex inflexed ; peduncles 

 short. 



25. TETRAGONUM. FOLTt-CORNERED. 



Creeping; branches scattered, nearly erect, four-cornered ; leaflets tetrafarious, 

 imbricate, concave. 



26. TORQUATUJr. TWISTED. 



Creeping, heaped ; branches erect, round ; leaves dry, spiral, appressed, ca- 

 lyptre coriaceous, five-parted at the base. 



27. CIRRHOSUM. CIRRKOSE. 



Creeping, heaped ; branches sub-divided ; leaflets dry, revolute j capsules 

 globose ; calyptres many-parted at the base. 



